THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE

PUB. DATE

September 2009

SOURCE

Marketing Health Services;Fall2009, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the plan of employers to transfer more health costs to their employees in 2010 as revealed in the survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting Inc. It discloses that 50% of the 428 employer-respondents plan to shift the health cost while 20% of them plan to add or shift to health plan with health savings account. It reveals that employees are using their healthcare benefits in anticipation of potential layoffs due to recession.